It’s like planking, but you smash gallon jugs of various fluids in supermarkets. It’s not exactly a thing yet, as these three teens appear to be the only ones doing it, but it likely won’t be long before the New York Times does an article.

Perry’s mermaid-inspired shoot for David LaChapplle turned out quite nicely, but knowing that the singer was taking pictures of herself planking with this mermaid tail on makes it all the more impressive.

In reaction to students planking on the streets of Metro Manila as a protest against the rise in oil prices, a Filipino congressman has submitted a bill that would ban the practice. Here is what Representative Winston “Winnie” Castelo wrote in his explanatory note of House Bill 5316, otherwise known as “Anti-Planking Act of 2011.” (Sources: Sun Star, Congressman Castelo’s website)

Americans throw away almost two billion disposable razors each year, but a razor’s usefulness doesn’t have to end just because it’s gone dull. Hang on to that old razor and hit the streets for some good old-fashioned razorbombing.

As Carmageddon draws to a close, let’s thank the lucky stars that someone out there did what we’ve all wanted to do for weeks… Plank one of the busiest highways in the world. This must be what people felt like watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon before they found the Transformer on the dark side.
(via gawker.com)

Planking is kind of funny. It’s also random and hard to explain. That is why it’s kind of funny. But when Chip and Tim From Fox 4 News in Dallas started planking (UGH), they ruined it. Why? Well because someone on their site wrote this: “Planking is all the rage for hipsters these days. And Tim is nothing if not hip. Chip as well. Look up the definition of “hip” in the dictionary and you’ll see their pictures. Unfortunately you’ll only see these videos here because only FOX 4 is awesome that way.” Hilarious. It’s like learning your dad listens to LCD Soundsystem because they dress well.
(via deadspin.com)

Nightmare Ant (who is technically known as Mad Ant but everyone knows that he’s really Nightmare Ant) is the mascot for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the D-League. He recently joined in the planking craze. Which means that planking officially is a thing. It may have come and gone in Internet land, but nothing actually happens in the real world until Nightmare Ant says that it can.
(via deadspin.com)